Hello, I’m hoping for some recommendations from you lovely people.
My best friend is currently going through some extremely traumatic life events, and whilst these things aren’t happening to me, I’m grieving for her and struggling as well. I’m hoping for some books that are easy to read (I don’t have much focus right now) but also engaging, and hopefully a bit different from your usual ‘cosy’ recommendations. I tend to read more horror, literary fiction, and heavy topics usually, so I would love books that are still comforting but maybe include more depth.
I have already read the following, which I know are often recommended here when similar prompts are posted
The House in the Cerulean Sea and it’s sequel
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Fairies (and its sequels)
Howl’s Moving Castle
Legends and Lattes
Thanks in advance!
by isenguardian66
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Maybe some humor would cheer up your friend.
Try Starter Villain. (There’s death of main character’s uncle in the start. But the rest is funny)
The house in the cerulean sea and somewhere beyond the sea – they are truly heartwarming and funny and no death
All of romance basically. Well, maybe not all as sometimes secondary character deaths happens, but you can check for trigger warnings for that on story graph.
I like Ali Hazelwood and Emily Henry. I believe funny story by Henry has no death. Neither does love theoretically by Hazelwood (except long ago death of a mother from a diseases
EDIT: not for OP as she knows already, but for others, both authors have sex on page. Nothing pornographic, but definitely descriptive
A snake falls to earth by Darcy little badger
Monk and robot books — very gentle and thoughtful